News articles tagged with 'Antarctica'
Peering under the ice of a collapsing polar coast
— 9 Oct 2009 12:47 | EnvironmentStarting this month, a giant NASA DC-8 aircraft loaded with geophysical instruments and scientists will buzz at low level over the coasts of West Antarctica, where ice sheets are collapsing... — full story
Last time carbon dioxide levels were this high: 15 million years ago
— 9 Oct 2009 11:57 | EnvironmentYou would have to go back at least 15 million years to find carbon dioxide levels on Earth as high as they are today, a UCLA scientist and colleagues report 8 October in the online... — full story
Algae and pollen grains provide evidence of remarkably warm period in Antarctica's history
— 1 Oct 2009 10:49 | Geology and palaeontologyFor Sophie Warny, LSU assistant professor of geology and geophysics and curator at the LSU Museum of Natural Science, years of patience in analysing Antarctic samples with low fossil... — full story
Lasers from space show thinning of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets
— 24 Sep 2009 07:38 | EnvironmentThe most comprehensive picture of the rapidly thinning glaciers along the coastline of both the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets has been created using satellite lasers. The findings... — full story
New CO2 data helps unlock the secrets of Antarctic formation
— 14 Sep 2009 00:02 | Geology and palaeontologyThe link between declining CO2 levels in the earth's atmosphere and the formation of the Antarctic ice caps some 34 million years ago has been confirmed for the first time in a major... — full story
Map characterises active lakes below Antarctic ice
— 2 Sep 2009 13:20 | EnvironmentLakes in Antarctica, concealed under miles of ice, require scientists to come up with creative ways to identify and analyse these hidden features. Now, researchers using space-based... — full story
Astronomers find coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth
— 1 Sep 2009 12:39 | AstronomyThe search for the best observatory site in the world has lead to the discovery of what is thought to be the coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth. No human is thought to have ever... — full story
UCSB scientists propose Antarctic location for 'missing' ice sheet
— 26 Aug 2009 12:35 | EnvironmentNew research by scientists at UC Santa Barbara indicates a possible Antarctic location for ice that seemed to be missing at a key point in climate history 34 million years ago. The... — full story
Antarctic glacier thinning at alarming rate
— 15 Aug 2009 14:02 | EnvironmentThe thinning of a gigantic glacier in Antarctica is accelerating, scientists warned. The Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica, which is around twice the size of Scotland, is losing... — full story
New research provides insight into ice sheet behaviour
— 20 Jul 2009 17:00 | EnvironmentA new study published this week takes scientists a step further in their quest to understand how Antarctica's vast glaciers will contribute to future sea-level rise. Reporting in the... — full story